CIP controls for ligation reaction look really weird

I'm having issues with my subcloning and am hoping that someone can help me with the bizarre mystery that surrounds it.

I am subcloning a 1.1 kb insert into a 7.3 kb vector (sticky-sticky, two different enzymes).Even though it shouldn't be necessary, I went ahead and CIP'd the vector (NEB, 1 hour, 37o; a previous attempt made it seem like the vector was re-circularizing). Both insert and vector were gel purified using a Qiagen kit.

I set up ligations over night (16o, NEB T4 DNA ligase) using 35 ng of vector and 1:1 and 1:3 molar ratios (I used an online calculator to help me determine the ratios. We have been having great success with just the 1:1 ratios which flies in the face of everything that I was taught in graduate school but go figure).

1:1 plate: few colonies (~10)1:3 plate: more colonies (~50)CIP'd vector control + ligase: lots of colonies (~100-150)CIP's vector control, no ligase: 3 coloniesvector control that was cut, no CIP but plus ligase: no colonies.

I am totally confused by my controls. Does anyone have an explanation for this?

I forgot to mention that I am trying to put the same insert into two different vectors that only vary slightly (one has an additional UAS binding site). The pattern that I described above held true for both sets of ligations.